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  The United in Science 2021 report is a multi-organization compilation of the latest climate science information and gives a unified assessment of the state of our Earth system. The report was released at a press conference given by WMO Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas, and with a video message from United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1s/k1s4iw2ryc The report provides details on: Greenhouse Gas Concentrations in the Atmosphere (WMO) Global greenhouse gas...
The second Ocean Decade Laboratory will be held from 15 to 17 September 2021 and will offer valuable insights and talks around the Ocean Decade Outcome: “A Predicted Ocean”. The key elements required for the change we need to see targeting a predictable Ocean for our societies over the course of the Decade will be explored. The Core Event and the 31 Satellite Activities will consist of workshops, panel discussions along with interactive lectures. For more information, visit the event website:...
Register now for a new Discussion Series on tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt change in the Earth system. The first discussion will take place on 20 September 2021, 12:00-13:30 CEST. To find out more and to register, please see the Discussion Series webpage.
The WCRP Academy Lighthouse Activity is the recently formed research training advisory and coordination arm of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP). As one of the existing WCRP Academy co-chairs has recently stepped down, we are calling for self-nominations for a new co-chair for the activity. For more information, click the heading above. The deadline for nominations is 1 October 2021. 
  The Risk Modeling and Insurance Working Group of the joint Future Earth, WCRP, IRDR, WWRP "Knowledge Action Network on Emergent Risks and Extreme Events" (Risk KAN) initiative organizes a three-day workshop on Understanding and Modeling Complex Risks in Coupled Human-Environment Systems to bring together scientists and practitioners in the field of modeling risk in human and environmental systems. The workshop will be held online from 8 to 10 February 2022. Sessions Day 1: Systemic Risks Day...
The "State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020" report was just released and provides a snapshot of the effects of increasing temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, storms, and retreating glaciers. It includes transboundary analyses, such as of the drought of the South American Pantanal and the intense hurricane season in Central America-Caribbean, and it provides a detailed regional breakdown of worsening global climate change indicators. For full details, read the...
The International Science Council (ISC), one of WCRP's three co-sponsors, has just released its 2020 Annual Report. The report looks at an extraordinary and unprecedented year for science, in which the COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread disruption for us all. On the other hand, the crisis also created new opportunities and demonstrated the importance of international scientific collaboration. The 2020 Annual Report is available to view online and to download as a PDF on the ISC website.
WCRP is proud to announce the launch of the International Monsoons Project Office (IMPO), a new joint office of WCRP and the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP), hosted at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India. For more information, please click the heading above.
The launch of the first part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) is an important milestone in climate science and calls strongly for action. The Chair and Vice-Chair of the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee congratulate the IPCC Working Group I Team and confirm ongoing support from the WCRP Community. To read more, click the heading above.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will launch its Summary for Policymakers of the Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis, subject to approval by the Panel. See the IPCC website for the report. The press conference, which starts at 10:00 CEST on 9 August 2021, will be streamed live on the IPCC YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/IPCCLIVE and on the IPCC Facebook page.
We warmly invite you to the WCRP Climate Research Forum for South America, to take place on 8 and 9 September 2021. This is a two-day event, with sessions on the 'My Climate Risk’ Lighthouse Activity, the ‘Regional Information for Society’ (RIfS) Core Project, capacity development in South America, and WCRP, Future Earth, and the UN Ocean Decade. For more information and to register, please see the webpage in English and Español. 
  In a comprehensive review, the SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP) activity has conducted a coordinated intercomparison of reanalysis data sets with respect to key diagnostics. The results can be used to provide guidance on the appropriate use of reanalysis products in scientific studies of relevance to SPARC and beyond. The SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP) Final Report, is an early online release of the final report of the SPARC S-RIP Activity. This version has...
Now, more than ever, the world needs climate scientists. A key part of building the climate research workforce needed to address the challenges of this century is broadening access to climate science training. The WCRP Academy Lighthouse Activity is being designed to make positive steps towards giving more scientists access to the training they need. A key pillar of this is an annual, global stocktake of training needs. We invite climate scientists, those who would like to train in climate...
  The International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) and the GEWEX Data and Analysis Panel (GDAP) are releasing the Joint IPWG-GDAP Precipitation Assessement. This comprehensive report reviews the current state of precipitation products, and includes assessments of sub-daily global satellite precipitation products, discussions of various climate applications of precipitation products, and deliberations on emerging directions and the future of precipitation products. To read the report, please see...
 We are delighted to announce that Hindumathi Palanisamy joins the WCRP Secretariat. Hindumathi Palanisamy is an oceanographer specialized in space-based and in-situ ocean observations with a PhD in space oceanography from the University of Toulouse and French Space Agency in France. Prior to joining WCRP Secretariat, Hindumathi was a senior research scientist at the Centre for Climate Research Singapore where she focussed on developing regional sea level research expertise in the South East...
We invite you to submit your abstract to one of the WCRP co-sponsored American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting science sessions (full list). There are a number of co-sponsored sessions, as well as one on the new WCRP Lighthouse Activity 'Safe Landing Climates.'  WCRP will have a range of activities taking place, including a WCRP Town Hall, Union/special sessions on the WCRP Academy and My Climate Risk Lighthouse Activities, and other events.  See our WCRP AGU Fall Meeting 2021 webpage for...
The 42nd Session of the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee (JSC-42) met remotely from 28 June to 2 July to consider a number of important decisions for the programme, including the approval of plans for the new WCRP Lighthouse Activities, the new “Core Projects” on “Earth System Modelling and Observations” and “Regional Climate Information for Society”. In addition, the Core Projects, Grand Challenges and other major activities reported on their progress towards their science objectives and on how they are...
World Meteorological Organization’s Executive Council selected Prof. In-Sik Kang (Seoul National University (SNU), Republic of Korea), member of the World Climate Research Programme Joint Scientific Committee for 2013-2018, as winner of the 66th IMO Prize. The award cites Prof. Kang’s science achievements, particularly in the field of climate modeling and prediction, and his pioneering contributions to operational and research climate centers, and for nurturing next-generation scientists,...
The European Space Agency has been selected by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) as the host for a new Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) International Project Office (IPO), which should be fully operational from September 2021. The position of Director for CMIP-IPO has now been advertised. Interested candidates can find further details on the post, including a full job description, and how to submit an application from any of the companies listed below: Telespazio He Space
This year's quadrennial GAW Symposium will happen online from 28 June to 2 July. It will consist of the following scientific sessions: 1) Science for services: The importance of atmospheric composition; 2) Filling critical gaps in observations;  3)Atmospheric composition, pandemics, and support for a new health agenda;  4) Earth system modeling and data management. Registration information and draft agenda of the Symposium are available at https://community.wmo.int/meetings/gaw-symposium-2021
The Explaining and Predicting Earth System Change Lighthouse Activity Workshop on "Attribution of multi-annual to decadal changes in the climate system" will take place online, from 22 to 24 September 2021 (free registration and attendance). Deadline for abstract submission: June 30, 2021 To know more about the workshop and to submit an abstract and register, visit the workshop website at: https://wcrp-epesc.sciencesconf.org/. To find out more click the heading above.
This difficult decision to postpone the 2nd Climate Observation Conference has been taken after careful consideration and consultation with the sponsoring programmes GCOS and WCRP and the supporting organization EUMETSAT. The new date of the Climate Conference will be announced in due time on the conference website: https://www.eventsforce.net/gcos-coc.
Less than two days to go to the WCRP Climate Research Forum for Europe and Western Asia. For more information and to register see the forum webpage. 
The purpose of the  WCRP Workshop on Extremes in Climate Prediction Ensembles (ExCPEns), which will be held from 25 to 27 october 2021 and followed by an ECS training and discussion forum (27-28 October 2021), is to provide a focal point for current research aimed at exploiting subseasonal, seasonal, annual to decadal and longer-term prediction ensembles to improve the prediction and understanding of extreme weather and climate events. To submit an abstract and to apply for the ECS training and...
We have launched a competition to improve, through Artificial Intelligence and/or Machine Learning techniques, the current precipitation and temperature forecasts for 3 to 6 weeks into the future from the best computational fluid dynamic models available today. Teams can win several prizes, up to 15K. To find out more and get involved, click the heading above. Note: Town halls on 2 June and 10 June 2021!